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Game 124 Open Thread: August 14 2008

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St. Louis Cardinals @ Florida Marlins


Wellemeyer Olsen
9-4, 4.01 6-7, 4.04

the weekend sets up nicely for the cardinals. while they're playing a trade-depleted last-place team, the brew crew will send the rump of their rotation against the dodgers' top pitchers (billingsley, lowe, kershaw). and milwaukee has to face jake peavy tonight. so the cards have a decent opportunity to shave the gap by a game or two before they meet the brewers head-on in st. louis. make it happen, fellahs.

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need a win...

Mather, 8
Ludwick, 9
Pujols, 3
Glaus, 5
Molina, 2
Lopez, 7
Miles, 4
Wellemeyer, 1
Izturis, 6

-B

also washburn rumors are being denied

Lastly….THE BREWERS ALREADY LOST TODAY…..Finally..Thank you Jake Peavy

The wind in here just shifted 360 degrees!!!
-Mike Shannon

by cardsphan04 on Aug 14, 2008 6:20 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Brew Crew

We are 3.5 games back heading into tonight. A win, and we are 3 games back tomorrow morning, the first day of the three-game series versus the sinking Reds, as LB noted. We need The Colonel tonight because Lord knows the horrid 6-7-8-9 punch of Lopez, Miles, Colonel, and Izturis will be detrimental to our offensive efforts this evening in south Florida.

"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."

--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS

by bgh on Aug 14, 2008 6:36 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That is not really that bad of a bottom of a lineup right now

So far Lopez has been productive but not great, Miles has no power but is still hitting over 300, The pitcher is bad at hitting yeah but that is normal, and Izturis is batting about 400 for august

When the time comes for me to not be bothered by losing that is when I know it is time to retire my fandom

by ANDYAK47 on Aug 14, 2008 6:52 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

has flopez

actually driven even one pitch? what i’ve seen is just a bigger slapper vis a vis the grit

If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, perhaps you haven't grasped the situation!

by sportsman on Aug 14, 2008 7:05 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

the triple was well hit last night

but very well placed

I use statistics much as a drunken man uses lamp-posts – as support rather than illumination. - Andrew Lang

by AdjustedExpectations on Aug 14, 2008 7:08 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He's hit quite a few line drives

In the world I see--you are stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Tower. And when you look down, you'll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying strips of venison on the empty carpool lane of some abandoned superhighway.

by Tackle Box on Aug 14, 2008 7:13 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

For the year, or by month?

Miles is hitting .250/ .276/ .250 for August. Ahhh, fun with small sample sizes. Flopez with the Cards has been equal to AK’s production for the year, which is not productive.

Kennedy: .273/ .316/ .336 (in 271 AB)
FLopez: .286/ .318/ .381 (in 21 AB)

If we go with season-long stats then Miles isn’t so bad of an insert (unless you fear he is now regressing to his below average mean) while Izturis and Flopez are black holes. That said, Izturis has been good versus lefties at .319/ .384/ .389, which is about the only thing that merits his being handed a bat.

"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."

--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS

by bgh on Aug 14, 2008 7:05 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Forgot to hit reply

"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."

--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS

by bgh on Aug 14, 2008 7:07 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

good point on Miles

He obviously has been struggling of late. But as far as Lopez goes, he has much better tools than Kennedy, more speed and a little more power even though we have not seen it yet.

When the time comes for me to not be bothered by losing that is when I know it is time to retire my fandom

by ANDYAK47 on Aug 14, 2008 7:09 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

that being said, I do not like him in left

I would rather take my chances with Ankiel in the lineup

When the time comes for me to not be bothered by losing that is when I know it is time to retire my fandom

by ANDYAK47 on Aug 14, 2008 7:10 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Lopez should never play in LF

Ever. That is the scissor function on his utility knife that won’t even cut tissue paper.

"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."

--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS

by bgh on Aug 14, 2008 7:24 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

No-one has posted
Baseball-related Haiku.
Someone should fix this.

by notmorganfreeman on Aug 14, 2008 7:12 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

does it have to have more than just the word baseball in it

to be baseball related?

Fear of righty bats
Chase Marlins southpaw
A sweep shall sweeten

* sarcasm might be involved in this comment

by mattyfrommo on Aug 14, 2008 7:18 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

No sweep

3 out of four

Cardinal fan in the heart of Braves country
DFA Adam Kennedy and Randy Flores!
"Just because nobody understands you doesn't make you an artist."

by Mr Redbird on Aug 14, 2008 7:19 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

damn my memory

* sarcasm might be involved in this comment

by mattyfrommo on Aug 14, 2008 7:24 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Cubs have won 7 straight road games

Maybe that whole “they can’t win on the road” thing is overblown

Cardinal fan in the heart of Braves country
DFA Adam Kennedy and Randy Flores!
"Just because nobody understands you doesn't make you an artist."

by Mr Redbird on Aug 14, 2008 7:12 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Or maybe...

They’re playing terrible teams. I still think they’d better build an even bigger cushion because September is going to be rough on them.

by mattisnotfrench on Aug 14, 2008 7:13 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Four against the Brewers, two against the Braves, one against the D-Backs

Only 2/7 against “terrible teams”

Cardinal fan in the heart of Braves country
DFA Adam Kennedy and Randy Flores!
"Just because nobody understands you doesn't make you an artist."

by Mr Redbird on Aug 14, 2008 7:14 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Fair enough...

They’re also really hot right now though. I’m amazed how big an impact Soriano has on their lineup…he’s been everything to that team this year.

by mattisnotfrench on Aug 14, 2008 7:16 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

or

the braves having a strangle hold at home isn’t so true any longer. think it’s more about the quality of talent than anything else. however, they do have enough power not to need wrigley to do it’s job, but it sure helps

I use statistics much as a drunken man uses lamp-posts – as support rather than illumination. - Andrew Lang

by AdjustedExpectations on Aug 14, 2008 7:14 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

See above about the distribution of the teams they've played in this 7-game streak

Cardinal fan in the heart of Braves country
DFA Adam Kennedy and Randy Flores!
"Just because nobody understands you doesn't make you an artist."

by Mr Redbird on Aug 14, 2008 7:15 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i'm not saying the brew suck

but it’s fair to say that the cubs have a level of talent well and above the brew. on almost all facets of the game. and being up in Mil is a treat for them.

I use statistics much as a drunken man uses lamp-posts – as support rather than illumination. - Andrew Lang

by AdjustedExpectations on Aug 14, 2008 7:17 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Well let me retort

By record, the Brewers are the second-best team in the NL. If the Cubs are a level of talent above the Brewers, doesn’t that prove my original point that their road woes are overblown?

Cardinal fan in the heart of Braves country
DFA Adam Kennedy and Randy Flores!
"Just because nobody understands you doesn't make you an artist."

by Mr Redbird on Aug 14, 2008 7:18 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

for the most part

I’m just saying that the Brew have used the home field advantage quite a bit this year, and that home field advantage happens to strike a chord with the cubbies as well.

if the cubs went to houston, or cinci and belted out some wins, would that be a true talent issue, or the home park serving up to a powerful visitor?

part of it has to be the latter.

I use statistics much as a drunken man uses lamp-posts – as support rather than illumination. - Andrew Lang

by AdjustedExpectations on Aug 14, 2008 7:21 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Well

It’s not like Houston and Cincy are bandboxes just for the visitors. Just as Wrigley isn’t a minipark just for the Cubs.

Cardinal fan in the heart of Braves country
DFA Adam Kennedy and Randy Flores!
"Just because nobody understands you doesn't make you an artist."

by Mr Redbird on Aug 14, 2008 7:24 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah...

Milwaukee is like a home game for the Cubs, as much as it pains me to say so.

by mattisnotfrench on Aug 14, 2008 7:22 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

the leadoff guy working the count

its been a while

i take your signatures and use them as away messages

by ihavebadknees on Aug 14, 2008 7:13 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Albert needs a day off

When the time comes for me to not be bothered by losing that is when I know it is time to retire my fandom

by ANDYAK47 on Aug 14, 2008 7:18 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He's got 4 coming up

Aug 18, 21, 25, 28.

In the world I see--you are stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Tower. And when you look down, you'll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying strips of venison on the empty carpool lane of some abandoned superhighway.

by Tackle Box on Aug 14, 2008 7:22 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

There are just certain pitchers that I really don't like

Obviously Brandon Backe comes to mind for obvious reasons, but Scott Olsen is right up there. Talk about an ass hat. Not only did Girardi kick his ass a couple of years ago for being a tool box, but Sergio Mitre did it last year because Olsen was going out of his way to treat the clubhouse attendant like shit (he was throwing his dirty underwear, socks and jocks and screaming at the attendant to pick it up).

Some guys just deserve an ass beatin’, and tonight would be fine enough for me for another one.

In the world I see--you are stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Tower. And when you look down, you'll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying strips of venison on the empty carpool lane of some abandoned superhighway.

by Tackle Box on Aug 14, 2008 7:21 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Thank you for that

I had no idea about Olsen and the clubhouse attendant. What a prick. What sort of sad human being has to treat other people like that? Hopefully karma is full force this evening.

"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."

--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS

by bgh on Aug 14, 2008 7:23 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

What kind of person?

A hothead w/ a drinking problem.

Even with the rest belated, everything is antiquated
Are you writing from the heart?
Are you writing from the heart?

by Alxfritz on Aug 14, 2008 7:25 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Unbelievable
…he was arrested by Aventura, Florida police after refusing to pull over for being clocked at 48 MPH in a 35 MPH zone. He fled for about a mile, at which point he stopped at his home and sat in a plastic chair in the front yard. When police arrived and tried to arrest him, he kicked at the officers who then used a taser to subdue him. Olsen failed a field sobriety test and refused a breath test. He was booked on charges of driving under the influence, resisting arrest with violence, and fleeing and eluding a police officer.

He’s clearly troubled.

"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."

--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS

by bgh on Aug 14, 2008 7:32 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

never

as much as i felt bad for that guy, that’s one of the funniest things ever said. Wasn’t the officer he said that to a woman, too?

Btw, saw a guy get tased on Cheaters once. Hilarity!

In the world I see--you are stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Tower. And when you look down, you'll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying strips of venison on the empty carpool lane of some abandoned superhighway.

by Tackle Box on Aug 14, 2008 7:37 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Timeless

:-)

"Crud, does that booger-eating spaz make me wanna puke!" - Tanner Boyle

by iron duke75 on Aug 14, 2008 7:37 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Nah, TLR is a lawyer...

He wouldn’t fight the cops…he’d rather try and beat it in court…. ;-)

"Crud, does that booger-eating spaz make me wanna puke!" - Tanner Boyle

by iron duke75 on Aug 14, 2008 7:43 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

There are not too many people on here tonight it seems

When the time comes for me to not be bothered by losing that is when I know it is time to retire my fandom

by ANDYAK47 on Aug 14, 2008 7:22 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

hey, your comment actually echoed here!

My first memory of Cardinals baseball is seeing Darrell Porter jump into Bruce Sutter's arms on October 20, 1982!

by 82Special on Aug 14, 2008 7:23 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I bet

Wonder why there has not been as much posting the last two days

When the time comes for me to not be bothered by losing that is when I know it is time to retire my fandom

by ANDYAK47 on Aug 14, 2008 7:26 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

earlier start time?

My first memory of Cardinals baseball is seeing Darrell Porter jump into Bruce Sutter's arms on October 20, 1982!

by 82Special on Aug 14, 2008 7:27 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

our attendence may be correlated to the attendence of the team we're visiting.

therefore numbers will be scarce.

I use statistics much as a drunken man uses lamp-posts – as support rather than illumination. - Andrew Lang

by AdjustedExpectations on Aug 14, 2008 7:28 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

1st Inning for Col. Wellemeyer

12 strikes and 3 balls. Not bad at all.

"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."

--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS

by bgh on Aug 14, 2008 7:26 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

the only slider he threw

got hit for a bloop single, but that’s not bad

he seems to be using the slider more once he faces guys for a second time

My first memory of Cardinals baseball is seeing Darrell Porter jump into Bruce Sutter's arms on October 20, 1982!

by 82Special on Aug 14, 2008 7:27 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Exactly

Save it until the second or third time through their lineup.

"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."

--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS

by bgh on Aug 14, 2008 7:29 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Glaus hot streak here we come

When the time comes for me to not be bothered by losing that is when I know it is time to retire my fandom

by ANDYAK47 on Aug 14, 2008 7:28 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

How much has his cleanup average gone up with that shot?

"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."

--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS

by bgh on Aug 14, 2008 7:30 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I hate when players dont run after they hit the ball

there is just no excuse. and you look like an idiot when there is an error

When the time comes for me to not be bothered by losing that is when I know it is time to retire my fandom

by ANDYAK47 on Aug 14, 2008 7:30 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

especially when he flies out there to

If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, perhaps you haven't grasped the situation!

by sportsman on Aug 14, 2008 7:32 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

shit

yadi could have set us up for a run

If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, perhaps you haven't grasped the situation!

by sportsman on Aug 14, 2008 7:31 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Morning from Thailand. Nice start by Col and Glaus. Where are the others?

An optimist is a man who upon discovering that a rose smells better than a cabbage concludes it will make better soup.

HL Mencken

by akaitori on Aug 14, 2008 7:31 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Miles

makes Olson look bad.

Excellent.

by liam on Aug 14, 2008 7:32 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

do not like that from miles

When the time comes for me to not be bothered by losing that is when I know it is time to retire my fandom

by ANDYAK47 on Aug 14, 2008 7:33 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

really? olsen looked glaus back

whats the point of bringing up welley?

by FunkeeC on Aug 14, 2008 7:33 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

bunting in front of the pticher

yeah he reached, but now the run won’t score.

SMART!

by TheBirds on Aug 14, 2008 7:33 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

HOW DARE YOU QUESTION GRIT!!!

HE NEVER MAKES MENTAL ERRORS AND PLAYS THE GAME THE RIGHT WAY!!!!

(j/k)

"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."

--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS

by bgh on Aug 14, 2008 7:34 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

wtf

kind of play was that? did stan musial slip into welleys uni for this at bat?

If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, perhaps you haven't grasped the situation!

by sportsman on Aug 14, 2008 7:33 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

apparently not

My first memory of Cardinals baseball is seeing Darrell Porter jump into Bruce Sutter's arms on October 20, 1982!

by 82Special on Aug 14, 2008 7:34 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

or maybe the 80+ old version did

My first memory of Cardinals baseball is seeing Darrell Porter jump into Bruce Sutter's arms on October 20, 1982!

by 82Special on Aug 14, 2008 7:35 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

can't beat that gritty play

even if you’re 80+

If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, perhaps you haven't grasped the situation!

by sportsman on Aug 14, 2008 7:36 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

wow...

almost as baffling as skip’s attempt at wrigley in a tie game with a 2-0 count in extra innings..

by LukeMP1186 on Aug 14, 2008 7:33 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

yeah, stupid bunt

My first memory of Cardinals baseball is seeing Darrell Porter jump into Bruce Sutter's arms on October 20, 1982!

by 82Special on Aug 14, 2008 7:33 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

On Gameday

How’d that bunt work out?

"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."

--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS

by bgh on Aug 14, 2008 7:33 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

good for miles' average...

bad for the cardinals’ scoring chance…

by LukeMP1186 on Aug 14, 2008 7:34 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Dumber than dumb

I didn’t even realize Wellemeyer was coming up. Miles should be pulled for that act of idiocy. If it was TLR’s call, then he has officially gone insane.

"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."

--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS

by bgh on Aug 14, 2008 7:35 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Up the third base line

but not past the pitcher. Olsen couldn’t field it, though.

by liam on Aug 14, 2008 7:36 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

BUT

(and it is a big, hence the all caps), the pitcher was on-deck, meaning that he sacrificed an RBI opportunity with the bunt and brought up the pitcher to have an RBI at-bat instead.

"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."

--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS

by bgh on Aug 14, 2008 7:42 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

another

pitcher bats 8 triumph of strategy

If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, perhaps you haven't grasped the situation!

by sportsman on Aug 14, 2008 7:34 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

pujols shall scoff at thee...

when he hits a grand slam in the 3rd…

by LukeMP1186 on Aug 14, 2008 7:35 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

gotta blame Miles for that one

My first memory of Cardinals baseball is seeing Darrell Porter jump into Bruce Sutter's arms on October 20, 1982!

by 82Special on Aug 14, 2008 7:35 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

it is definately better than him getting out, but you want him to swing the bat

and try to get a base hit

When the time comes for me to not be bothered by losing that is when I know it is time to retire my fandom

by ANDYAK47 on Aug 14, 2008 7:35 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That is very ungritty of Miles

Gritty players don’t make mental errors, only talented players who don’t care make mistakes.

"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."

--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS

by bgh on Aug 14, 2008 7:37 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You got to be the dumbest smart kid I know.

In the world I see--you are stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Tower. And when you look down, you'll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying strips of venison on the empty carpool lane of some abandoned superhighway.

by Tackle Box on Aug 14, 2008 7:42 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

My dad used to say that to me all the time

Cardinal fan in the heart of Braves country
DFA Adam Kennedy and Randy Flores!
"Just because nobody understands you doesn't make you an artist."

by Mr Redbird on Aug 14, 2008 7:45 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Somehow, someway

Lopez played that off the wall perfectly. Looked like a super-happy-fun-ball.

And a nice throw in.

And nice gritty tag by Milesey.

by liam on Aug 14, 2008 7:38 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re-established his grittiness after the bunt (which would have been gritty but for the timing)

"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."

--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS

by bgh on Aug 14, 2008 7:41 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Would have

been gritty, if he would have bunted it 4 feet farther up the line.

by chicagocardfan on Aug 14, 2008 7:43 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

again someone not busting out of the box

and this time it costs him

When the time comes for me to not be bothered by losing that is when I know it is time to retire my fandom

by ANDYAK47 on Aug 14, 2008 7:40 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Don’t know what he was waiting for making the slow turn at first.

by liam on Aug 14, 2008 7:41 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The thing is

it does not take skill to hustle. That is why players not hustling is the biggest no no for any coach

When the time comes for me to not be bothered by losing that is when I know it is time to retire my fandom

by ANDYAK47 on Aug 14, 2008 7:43 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

what was he thinking?

that ball clearly didn’t have the lift to get out, especially with that scoreboard out there…

by LukeMP1186 on Aug 14, 2008 7:41 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Lopez sucks

I’m sure he did someting wrong.

In the world I see--you are stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Tower. And when you look down, you'll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying strips of venison on the empty carpool lane of some abandoned superhighway.

by Tackle Box on Aug 14, 2008 7:38 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

he could have gotten Uggla at first!

that damn slacker!

I use statistics much as a drunken man uses lamp-posts – as support rather than illumination. - Andrew Lang

by AdjustedExpectations on Aug 14, 2008 7:39 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

nice start Welly

go get him some runs you RedBirds

When the time comes for me to not be bothered by losing that is when I know it is time to retire my fandom

by ANDYAK47 on Aug 14, 2008 7:41 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Colonel

29 total pitches/ 21 strikes/ 8 balls

It’s like May all over again.

"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."

--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS

by bgh on Aug 14, 2008 7:44 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Caesar en fuego

and now at third Sweet

When the time comes for me to not be bothered by losing that is when I know it is time to retire my fandom

by ANDYAK47 on Aug 14, 2008 7:45 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

if the cardinals played the field...

and ran the bases like some of these teams, i might just lose my mind…

by LukeMP1186 on Aug 14, 2008 7:45 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

So, so nice.

For those without TV. Izturis stealing, Olsen picks him off, first baseman’s throw to second is high and away, Ramirez doesn’t get it, Izturis goes to third on the error.

by liam on Aug 14, 2008 7:46 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Why do you think that is?

Bad coaching in the minor leagues? So many cocksure top draft picks that they’ve got a culture of blowing off instructional drills in the minors? Just a generally youthful roster? Low expectations in the fan base?

by liam on Aug 14, 2008 7:47 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Cesar's pretty good against lefties

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by Mr Redbird on Aug 14, 2008 7:46 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

yeah, it's like he's actually swung a bat before.

He’d be good to have if we actually had a decent guy to platoon him with.

by TheBirds on Aug 14, 2008 7:47 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Lilly just

walked the bases loaded. Walked Glavine with 2 outs.

by chicagocardfan on Aug 14, 2008 7:46 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Did he

slam his glove down on the mound?

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by iron duke75 on Aug 14, 2008 7:47 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Damn

I thought that was gonna drop

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by ANDYAK47 on Aug 14, 2008 7:47 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Studwick!

Just joining. How has the colonel looked?

by Evilfrog on Aug 14, 2008 7:48 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

really good so far

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by ANDYAK47 on Aug 14, 2008 7:48 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Studwick

YEah

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by ANDYAK47 on Aug 14, 2008 7:48 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

FSMW

just showed Uggla and Ludwick going for two back to back.

by liam on Aug 14, 2008 7:50 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

yeah

but it was at his ankles, Pujols is really struggling

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by ANDYAK47 on Aug 14, 2008 7:50 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

3 innings...

2 spasms by mr. mclaughlin on routine flyballs…he’s like a child, i find it hilarious…

by LukeMP1186 on Aug 14, 2008 7:50 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He's like a child, who wanders into the middle of a movie.......

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by Mr Redbird on Aug 14, 2008 7:51 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i am the walrus

"Them Cubbies can kiss my ass" -Dizzy Dean

by Molina4MVP on Aug 14, 2008 7:52 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I dont remember him doing that alot until recently

but for the last 2 weeks he is not reading the ball well or something.

ESPN Management (CT): Umm…...what does this have to do with the Red Sox and Yankees?
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by Smokin Turkeys on Aug 14, 2008 7:52 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Dan, Albert, or both?

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by 82Special on Aug 14, 2008 7:52 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

he's been doing it forever

Actually, he was quite a bit worse a few years ago. It’s flared up these past few games.

by jdub176 on Aug 14, 2008 7:53 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

yeah...

it’s always been there…

by LukeMP1186 on Aug 14, 2008 7:54 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

correct me if i'm wrong but...

wasn’t Glaus’ option for next year ($11 mil) already picked up? the FLA broadcasters said it was still on the table.

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by Epic on Aug 14, 2008 7:52 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

pretty sure it is guaranteed as part of the trade

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by 82Special on Aug 14, 2008 7:53 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

yes it was as part of the trade

no big suprise the marlins tv guys arent up on every facet of the other team

by FunkeeC on Aug 14, 2008 7:53 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

alright, that's what I thought.

All your base are belong to Rasmus.

by Epic on Aug 14, 2008 7:54 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He's wild as the Taliban

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by Mr Redbird on Aug 14, 2008 7:56 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

walk Ramirez and go after Gonzalez

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by ANDYAK47 on Aug 14, 2008 7:56 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

should've went with some kanye

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by Epic on Aug 14, 2008 7:57 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

good, now get the dp

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by ANDYAK47 on Aug 14, 2008 7:59 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Not a bad walk

IF we can get the DP.

"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."

--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS

by bgh on Aug 14, 2008 8:00 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

one more big guy

come on Welly

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by ANDYAK47 on Aug 14, 2008 8:01 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

that could of been bad

ludwick and mather both called for it

by uoficardsfan on Aug 14, 2008 8:01 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Beach ball on the field

Hard to keep it up in the stands when there are only two people out there to play it.

by liam on Aug 14, 2008 8:01 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I read today that MLB plans to implement limited use of

instant replay by the end of this month

I really wish they’d go to a better system for balls and strikes than the umps, but

I know that’s not happening anytime soon

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by 82Special on Aug 14, 2008 8:02 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i dont believe in a "K Zone"

i’m happy as long as the umpire is consistent the whole game

by uoficardsfan on Aug 14, 2008 8:03 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

but when was the last time that happened?

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by 82Special on Aug 14, 2008 8:04 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i dont think the home plate umpires are terrible

as fans we just notice it more when they are bad then when they are good

by uoficardsfan on Aug 14, 2008 8:06 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i agree

but they can be inconsistent

and it only takes one or two bad calls to change the course of a game

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by 82Special on Aug 14, 2008 8:07 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

can't argue with that

always better if you don’t put yourself in a position for one or two bad calls to beat you, but that’s not always the case

by uoficardsfan on Aug 14, 2008 8:09 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

12 balls and 6 strikes so far this inning from Welley

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by 82Special on Aug 14, 2008 8:03 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Cmon Welly

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by ANDYAK47 on Aug 14, 2008 8:03 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i really believe...

the 3rd to 1st move would work more if guys tried to sell it, instead of just falling towards 3rd…

by LukeMP1186 on Aug 14, 2008 8:03 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

doubtful

the move works once a season maybe so people continue to try it

by uoficardsfan on Aug 14, 2008 8:05 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Also

Nobody ever really tries to pick off anyone at 3rd

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by Mr Redbird on Aug 14, 2008 8:08 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

right...

but when a lefty is trying to get a guy at 1st, he tries to disguise his motion as a delivery to the plate as much as possible, righties never do that on the 3rd to 1st, they just lean towards 3rd and don’t fool anyone…

by LukeMP1186 on Aug 14, 2008 8:10 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I see what you're saying

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by Mr Redbird on Aug 14, 2008 8:10 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Some general needs to order the Col to get some control

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by akaitori on Aug 14, 2008 8:04 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

YES

HUGE

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by ANDYAK47 on Aug 14, 2008 8:04 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

bad decision/execution

to end up facing jacobs

note to welley—lucky tha time don’t press your luck and get back to throwing strikes

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by sportsman on Aug 14, 2008 8:04 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yes, he was lucky to wriggle out of that one

Hopefully, he’s a bit more accurate against the bottom of the order. 29 pitches in the first two innings and 20 that inning.

"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."

--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS

by bgh on Aug 14, 2008 8:06 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

hope yaddi's saving

his good swings for the clutch

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by sportsman on Aug 14, 2008 8:07 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

After a long, rough inning by Welly, think you'd try to stretch out the first at bat . ...

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by akaitori on Aug 14, 2008 8:08 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

good job Lopez

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by ANDYAK47 on Aug 14, 2008 8:09 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

ha

i’m ordering a base hit with double grit

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by sportsman on Aug 14, 2008 8:09 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Lopez hasn't looked that bad.

But we should be playing him at 2nd or short. Mostly 2nd.

by ViperLjs on Aug 14, 2008 8:09 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Lopez should steal 2nd

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by ANDYAK47 on Aug 14, 2008 8:09 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

seriously man...

i’m tired of looking at that water…wait, i don’t even watch…

by LukeMP1186 on Aug 14, 2008 8:12 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

good luck

Phelps is a marketing machine, that’s what you’ll see. and I think Monday? I thought swimming dominated one week and track did the other..

Personally I don’t mind it. Phelp’s run is once in a lifetime.

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by AdjustedExpectations on Aug 14, 2008 8:14 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Not really

I was born in 1965. Mark Spitz won seven golds in 1972. Two so far in mine and probably 10 or 12 more Olympics still to come.

by Red in Chicago on Aug 14, 2008 8:18 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

What a gritty AB

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by bgh on Aug 14, 2008 8:12 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

makes up for yaddi's

gritless at bat

gotta get olsen throwing more pitches

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by sportsman on Aug 14, 2008 8:16 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Cubs bludgeoning the Braves again

7-2

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by Mr Redbird on Aug 14, 2008 8:12 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

cruel

to us and the braves

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by sportsman on Aug 14, 2008 8:14 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

+1

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by sportsman on Aug 14, 2008 8:18 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

run for 20 games over .500 and keep a steady reminder that we’re around. Hopefully we’ll catch a break or two along the way. hell, we’ve earned the karma for it.

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by AdjustedExpectations on Aug 14, 2008 8:18 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

wow

somebody remind the ump what a strike is

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by sportsman on Aug 14, 2008 8:17 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

these pitchers have been virtual opposites today...

Olsen is hittable, but doesn’t walk anyone and strikes out a good amount.
Welley is basically unhittable, but walks a lot and hasn’t struck anyone out.

by longhornscardinals on Aug 14, 2008 8:18 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

nixe bounce back Welly

get some runs

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by ANDYAK47 on Aug 14, 2008 8:21 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

*nice*

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by ANDYAK47 on Aug 14, 2008 8:21 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Joey Bombs

He hits the ball hard.

by liam on Aug 14, 2008 8:24 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

memo to the Cards

Run on Gonzalez, he has no throwing arm

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by ANDYAK47 on Aug 14, 2008 8:24 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

strikeoutwick

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by ANDYAK47 on Aug 14, 2008 8:27 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

as good as Luddy is...

he swings and misses A LOT

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by 82Special on Aug 14, 2008 8:29 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm fine with it at the moment

but 1 run won’t win it, if that’s what you mean

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by 82Special on Aug 14, 2008 8:30 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

one run won it

still…no way to assume that. Go wellemeyer!

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by TheDuke32 on Aug 15, 2008 12:54 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

albert

quit trying to pull those outside pitches

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by sportsman on Aug 14, 2008 8:27 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Anyone comfortable with this lead?

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by ANDYAK47 on Aug 14, 2008 8:28 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Maybe

a lead like this?

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by iron duke75 on Aug 14, 2008 8:38 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Pshaw.

They left 8 runners on.

by liam on Aug 14, 2008 8:39 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hehehehe

Somebody got a save in that game

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by Mr Redbird on Aug 14, 2008 8:40 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Lol....I know

What a joke… :-)

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by iron duke75 on Aug 14, 2008 8:42 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

great game by Welley!!!

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by 82Special on Aug 14, 2008 9:25 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yo, Todd!

It’s the pitcher. Throw strikes!

by liam on Aug 14, 2008 8:32 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

tom glavine

would not have lasted 5 years in the majors with this strike zone

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by sportsman on Aug 14, 2008 8:34 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It's Ted Barrett

I’ve never been a big fan

too inconsistent

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by 82Special on Aug 14, 2008 8:35 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He's a funny dude

Dig his postgame interviews.

Too bad hardcore’s not around to post a screen-cap of it.

by liam on Aug 14, 2008 8:38 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

yeah,

I feel bad about that call. I think even Welle was thinking wth

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by ANDYAK47 on Aug 14, 2008 8:36 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

How could that 4th pitch be a strike and some of the others not?

It’s like the strikezone is resting on a lump of jello or something

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by AdjustedExpectations on Aug 14, 2008 8:35 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

umpirically speaking

the jello is not under the strike zone, but a bit higher

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by sportsman on Aug 14, 2008 8:38 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

how do you do screenshots?

* sarcasm might be involved in this comment

by mattyfrommo on Aug 14, 2008 8:49 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Grab tool

in Mac. I think there’s one for Windows also.

by Red in Chicago on Aug 14, 2008 8:50 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Two ways:

(img src=“http://server.com/pathto/picture.jpg”), replacing the parentheses with less than and greater than angled brackets.

Or, the SB Nation way:

by liam on Aug 14, 2008 9:17 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oops, SB Nation way didn't show up

but it’s the URL enclosed by exclamation points, so

! http://server.com/pathto/picture.jpg !

without the spaces.

by liam on Aug 14, 2008 9:18 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i dread the tlr v. dusty matchups...

the don really goes out of his way to prove his mensa qualifications…

by LukeMP1186 on Aug 14, 2008 8:39 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

oooooo

so close

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by ANDYAK47 on Aug 14, 2008 8:41 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

How many more does Welly go?

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by ANDYAK47 on Aug 14, 2008 8:42 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

One or two

Depending on how his next inning goes

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by Mr Redbird on Aug 14, 2008 8:43 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

pinch hitter here?

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by 82Special on Aug 14, 2008 8:44 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Welley better give us 2 more good innings!

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by 82Special on Aug 14, 2008 8:45 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

how does grit get to second

and flope only to 3rd on a 2-out double?

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by sportsman on Aug 14, 2008 8:44 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I hope that's not a serious question.

In the world I see--you are stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Tower. And when you look down, you'll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying strips of venison on the empty carpool lane of some abandoned superhighway.

by Tackle Box on Aug 14, 2008 8:55 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Boy, it would be a huge help if Welley could cash in here

This feels like one of those games where you blow a bunch of chances to put the other team away until finally they sneak up on you.

by BTown Birds fan on Aug 14, 2008 8:44 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I want a Welly bomb

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by ANDYAK47 on Aug 14, 2008 8:44 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i'm ok with bloop or passed ball even

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by sportsman on Aug 14, 2008 8:46 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Good point

We’d be hoping for Iz2 to cash in

by BTown Birds fan on Aug 14, 2008 8:48 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Brush the jersey

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by Mr Redbird on Aug 14, 2008 8:47 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

lol

nice ball. payback eh? or something

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by AdjustedExpectations on Aug 14, 2008 8:47 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

except for swinging at ball 4

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by sportsman on Aug 14, 2008 8:48 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

that was ball 4 colonel

oh well, go get em

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by ANDYAK47 on Aug 14, 2008 8:49 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Nice AB Welly

couldn’t have asked for anything more. Wonder how he’ll mound up after that AB

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by AdjustedExpectations on Aug 14, 2008 8:49 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

10 pitch AB by the pitcher

is great no matter how it ends.

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by SleepyCA on Aug 14, 2008 8:50 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

indeed.

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by AdjustedExpectations on Aug 14, 2008 8:50 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

amazing...

how young gonzo looks without the goatee…

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